Re: [PATCH net-next] genetlink: do not parse attributes for families with zero maxattr

Commit c10e6cf85e7d ("net: genetlink: push attrbuf allocation and parsing
to a separate function") moved attribute buffer allocation and attribute
parsing from genl_family_rcv_msg_doit() into a separate function
genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() which, unlike the previous code, calls
__nlmsg_parse() even if family->maxattr is 0 (i.e. the family does its own
parsing). The parser error is ignored and does not propagate out of
genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() but an error message ("Unknown attribute
type") is set in extack and if further processing generates no error or
warning, it stays there and is interpreted as a warning by userspace.

Dumpit requests are not affected as genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit() bypasses
the call of genl_family_rcv_msg_doit() if family->maxattr is zero. Do the
same also in genl_family_rcv_msg_doit().

Fixes: c10e6cf85e7d ("net: genetlink: push attrbuf allocation and parsing to a separate function")
Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <redacted>
---
net/netlink/genetlink.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index ecc2bd3e73e4..c4bf8830eedf 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c

@@ -639,21 +639,23 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg_doit(const struct genl_family *family,

				    const struct genl_ops *ops,
				    int hdrlen, struct net *net)
{
-	struct nlattr **attrbuf;
+	struct nlattr **attrbuf = NULL;
	struct genl_info info;
	int err;

	if (!ops->doit)
		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

+	if (!family->maxattr)
+		goto no_attrs;
	attrbuf = genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse(family, nlh, extack,
						  ops, hdrlen,
						  GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT,
-						  family->maxattr &&
						  family->parallel_ops);